The Left likes to think of itself as the bulwark of progressive liberal individualism, and yet it seeks to progressively coerce others to fund every social program under the sun via majority rule. Dave Brat bulwarkcoercefund Change image and share on social
A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for open borders. A vote for Eric Cantor is a vote for amnesty. Dave Brat amnestybordercantor Change image and share on social
I don't think the federal government should be involved in making life work, right? I mean, the enumerated powers - the state level is fine. The local level's fine. But not - I do not want the federal government trying to make my life work. Dave Brat enumeratefederalfine share on social
I'm a Ph.D. in economics, and so you analyze every situation uniquely because every international situation is unique. Dave Brat analyzeeconomicsinternational Change image and share on social
The issue is the Republican Party has been paying too much attention to Wall Street and not enough attention to Main Street. Dave Brat attentionissuemain Change image and share on social
The good news is dollars don't vote, people do. Dave Brat dollargoodnews Change image and share on social
Religion has for too long been placed on the back burner of history, when it may be one of the driving forces in history. Dave Brat backburnerdrive Change image and share on social
I have an ethics background. It doesn't mean you're perfect. But I tried to set an entirely different bar for politics in D.C. that's based on ethics and first principles and political philosophy, and not this constant bickering of, 'Are you Right or Left?' Dave Brat backgroundbarbase share on social
If you really want to help the rest of the world, what you've got to do is encourage free markets, private property rights and the strong rule of law and get rid of the dictators in a lot of these countries. Dave Brat countrydictatorencourage share on social
The problem with modern politics is everybody is doing sound bite stuff. In my stump speech, I give 20 minutes on why I think we're off track. And I think people do really want to engage in a serious high-level discussion on how to get the country back on track because people care about their own country. Dave Brat backbitecare share on social